FALL RIVER, Mass. — Text messages presented in the murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez show he tried to set up a meeting with the victim hours before the slaying. | T-Mobile phone company employee Raymond MacDonald testified Tuesday about their cellphone records. | Hernandez is charged in the June 17, 2013, killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. | MacDonald testified that the series of texts between Hernandez and Lloyd happened on June 16.

Israeli Prime Minister said Tuesday he deeply regretted that his speech to the U.S. Congress was being seen as a political ploy. | “We have been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well this is a bad deal. It is a very bad deal. We are better off without it,” Netanyahu said in a dramatic address to the U.S. Congress, which has caused a furious row with the Obama White House. | “We are being told that the only alternative to this bad deal is war. That is just not true.

Pelosi Exits Chamber Before Netanyahu – | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) made her lack of enthusiasm for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech apparent throughout the remarks, applauding half-heartedly and then quickly exiting the chamber after the speech, before Netanyahu did. | Pelosi faulted House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) for inviting Netanyahu in the first place.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is sitting front and center in the U.S. House chamber to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kraft is sitting directly behind Netanyahu’s wife, Sara … while her husband addresses Congress about why he believes Iran is a nuclear threat. The speech has become a controversial issue in Washington — with several members of Congress boycotting the speech. But Kraft clearly wanted to make a statement … which isn’t too shocking considering Kraft’s connection to Israel. As we previously reported, Kraft not only sponsors the Israeli Football League … but recently produced a documentary about the country. ….

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing a joint meeting of Congress at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday to lobby for tougher sanctions against Iran. As you watch the speech, follow along here for live updates. | Here’s the sculpture of Moses that #Netanyahu just referenced. 1.usa.gov/1zEQ1yq http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_L_v9PUsAA4Jse.png | #NetanyahuSpeech by @ukelyon @CNNPolitics http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_L_TXMUwAABJcm.png | #NetanyahuSpeech: 3 conditions. No.